Maizie and Me see Twilight, the Movie
Maizie had a great day at school and was in a fantastic mood tonight. I was too. We agreed that we did not want to spend another night at home. I asked Maizie what she wanted to do more than anything. I knew what she would say. When given the choice Maizie will always choose a movie. I knew my challenge would be convincing her to see a movie I wanted to see.
As you all know I loved the Twilight series. I have been talking about going to Twilight for weeks. No one went out of their way to say, "Oh! I would love to go with you Marla." Joe said he would go with me but it never happened. Considering the extreme cheesiness of this film I am glad it was just me and Maizie.
Thankfully there was only one other person there tonight. A guy who did not want to be seen. He wore a hat and a hoodie and sunk down in his chair. I imagine he told his friends he was going to see the James Bond movie. It is quite possible Maizie and I drove him nuts. We were whispering through much of the movie. When I finally admitted to Maizie that I thought Edward was way hot she began hooting and hollering saying, "Ohhhhhhhh! Mom thinks Edward is hot! I am going to tell my teachers and Dad and Grandma and I am going to tell the whole world! Ohhhhhhhh!" We had so much fun.
I totally loved this movie. It certainly followed the book and was very similar to how I pictured the story in my mind. Maizie was excited when I told her there would be another movie with Bella and Edward soon. Her response was, "I can't wait! I am so hyper now for this movie." Too cute!
When we returned home Maizie saw the Christmas cards I purchased for her classmates. Oooops. Before I knew it we were sitting down making a list of everyone at her school at almost nine thirty at night. For each person Maizie began thinking of what that person liked. For one child she said, "He likes my singing Hanna Montana pen so I am going to draw a pen." Maizie explained to me that one little girl can't talk so she signs to her. For her she drew several stars. Another child talks a lot about shapes so she drew a triangle and a square on his card. Her thoughtfulness makes me so happy. 
I really needed to see Maizie in a great mood tonight. We have had several rough days in a row. Tonight reminded me that even though Maizie has her challenging days she is an amazingly intuitive and fun loving child. Just when I think I am going to crack up we have a night like this and everything feels right.
It started innocently enough. I wanted to see what all the teens (and plenty of grown ups) were so obsessed with. The book was on sale dirt cheap at Target so I picked it up. After I finished reading 
